diff --git a/gnu/packages/emulators.scm b/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
index 902e766438..01ca8b7a16 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
@@ -514,13 +514,13 @@ core library.")
     (version "2.5")
     (source
      (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append
-             "https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-audio-sdl/archive/"
-             version ".tar.gz"))
-       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+             (url "https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-audio-sdl.git")
+             (commit version)))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "0ss6w92n2rpfnazhg9lbq0nvs3fqx93nliz3k3wjxdlx4dpi7h3a"))))
+        (base32 "0z19amfg9vr2pqjjri1ipc7hs681fzjcnb0f9y7bjhp5n8d7p6bb"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)